Comments on: HOW TO: Recovering Data From HD Failure — Just Freeze The Drive!

By: Will

Will — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 04:45:32 +0000

I cannot believe that worked. I’m inclined to go with the explanation provided in the first comment.

By: Alex Romp

Alex Romp — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 16:46:59 +0000

Also, you should be aware that this only works with certain types of disk failures, and this “trick” only works a fraction of the time.
Glad it worked out for you!

By: Will Smith

Will Smith — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 07:11:13 +0000

Hopefully this little lession will remind you to back up your data. An external hard drive is far cheaper than data recovery service.

By: Barry

Barry — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 00:43:22 +0000

Bearings are shot, I’ve done this a few times for teachers who never back up their stuff and I get the “OMG all my grades are on there!!”.

By: steve

steve — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 20:16:59 +0000

Danny,
Very interesting. I had my suspicions that your “hard drive failure” was just a clever ruse, devised to allow you to leave early on friday without filling out your timesheet.
This story has confirmed those suspicions.
Safely away from the office, you now needed a miraculous hard drive recovery story to explain how your work was not lost afterall.
“just pop it into the freezer”
OK.